Overview
Consultants/Albanian Diaspora Experts are sought to enable progress on the path to EU accession by providing technical expertise, capacity building, and international knowledge transfer to Albanian institutions involved in EU accession and approximation processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct review and assessment of EU priorities, EU Acquis, and national legislation to identify gaps.
- Advise Line Ministries on aligning national legislation with EU Acquis.
- Draft legal framework for acts aligned with EU Acquis.
- Provide on-the-job training and capacity building to Line Ministries staff on EU Acquis and legal alignment.
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of Albanian priorities in the negotiation process with the EU and the National Plan on European Integration (NPEI).
- Collaborate and coordinate with stakeholders for the fulfilment of EU benchmarks and NPEI implementation.
- Monitor NPEI implementation progress.
- Provide technical assistance and training to improve qualitative monitoring and reporting of the NPEI.
- Support coordination of EU Integration Processes.
- Provide methodological support for effective approximation, harmonization, and transposition of the EU Acquis.
- Enhance negotiation capacities for EU legal approximation.
- Contribute to the development of a comprehensive Compliance Assessment framework.
- Conduct comparative analysis of national laws with EU Member States.
- Contribute to the translation of EU legislation into Albanian and its harmonization with national laws.
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience in conducting research in any relevant area is preferred.
- Experience in conducting similar assignments is an asset.
- Working experience with EU institutions and government institutions of EU member states is an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in analyzing institutional processes, drafting policy documents, and strategic documents, as well as in data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting, and delivering presentations.
- Strong interest and knowledge of EU-Albania relations.
- Experience in engagement with diaspora communities, authorities, and other stakeholders is an asset.
- In-depth knowledge in one or more areas of the Acquis Communautaire is an asset.
- Guiding and monitoring team-work engaged in research is an asset.
- Strong knowledge of the Albanian legal system.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree from an accredited academic institution related to EU policy, EU Law or EU studies, relevant to the assignment.
- PhD degree will be considered a strong advantage.
